Rare type of vessel (“ConRo” as a combination of containership and RoRo vessel), MV ‘Atlantic Sky’ built in 2017 at a reported cost of $85 mil, seen here with the Statue of Liberty in the background. Image credit: Karatzas Images

Rare type of vessel (“ConRo” as a combination of containership and RoRo vessel), MV ‘Atlantic Sky’ built in 2017 at a reported cost of $85 mil, seen here with the Statue of Liberty in the background. Image credit: Karatzas Images

Rare type of vessel (“ConRo” as a combination of containership and RoRo vessel), MV ‘Atlantic Sky’ built in 2017 at a reported cost of $85 mil, seen here with the Statue of Liberty in the background. Image credit: Karatzas Images

Rare type of vessel (“ConRo” as a combination of containership and RoRo vessel), MV ‘Atlantic Sky’ built in 2017 at a reported cost of $85 mil, seen here with the Statue of Liberty and the Lower Manhattan in the background. Image credit: Karatzas Images

Rare type of vessel (“ConRo” as a combination of containership and RoRo vessel), MV ‘Atlantic Sky’ built in 2017 at a reported cost of $85 mil, seen here with the Statue of Liberty and Lower Manhattan and the new World Trade Center tower in the background. Image credit: Karatzas Images

Rare type of vessel (“ConRo” as a combination of containership and RoRo vessel), MV ‘Atlantic Sky’ built in 2017 at a reported cost of $85 mil, seen here with the Statue of Liberty in the background. Image credit: Karatzas Images

Rare type of vessel (“ConRo” as a combination of containership and RoRo vessel), MV ‘Atlantic Sky’ built in 2017 at a reported cost of $85 mil, seen here with the Lower Manhattan skyline and One World Trade Center in the background. Image credit: Karatzas Images

Rare type of vessel (“ConRo” as a combination of containership and RoRo vessel), MV ‘Atlantic Sky’ built in 2017 at a reported cost of $85 mil, seen here with the Lower Manhattan skyline and One World Trade Center in the background. Image credit: Karatzas Images

Rare type of vessel (“ConRo” as a combination of containership and RoRo vessel), MV ‘Atlantic Sky’ built in 2017 at a reported cost of $85 mil, seen here with the Lower Manhattan skyline and One World Trade Center in the background. Image credit: Karatzas Images

Rare type of vessel (“ConRo” as a combination of containership and RoRo vessel), MV ‘Atlantic Sky’ built in 2017 at a reported cost of $85 mil, seen here with the Lower Manhattan skyline and One World Trade Center in the background. Image credit: Karatzas Images

Rare type of vessel (“ConRo” as a combination of containership and RoRo vessel), MV ‘Atlantic Sky’ built in 2017 at a reported cost of $85 mil, seen here with the Lower Manhattan skyline and One World Trade Center in the background. Image credit: Karatzas Images

Rare type of vessel (“ConRo” as a combination of containership and RoRo vessel), MV ‘Atlantic Sky’ built in 2017 at a reported cost of $85 mil, seen here with the Lower Manhattan skyline and One World Trade Center in the background. Image credit: Karatzas Images

Rare type of vessel (“ConRo” as a combination of containership and RoRo vessel), MV ‘Atlantic Sky’ built in 2017 at a reported cost of $85 mil. Detail of the superstructure amidships with the company logo; the distinctive containers guides can be seen. Image credit: Karatzas Images

Rare type of vessel (“ConRo” as a combination of containership and RoRo vessel), MV ‘Atlantic Sky’ built in 2017 at a reported cost of $85 mil, seen here approaching the Verrazzano-Narrows Bridge. Image credit: Karatzas Images

Rare type of vessel (“ConRo” as a combination of containership and RoRo vessel), MV ‘Atlantic Sky’ built in 2017 at a reported cost of $85 mil, seen here under the Verrazzano-Narrows Bridge. Image credit: Karatzas Images

Rare type of vessel (“ConRo” as a combination of containership and RoRo vessel), MV ‘Atlantic Sky’ built in 2017 at a reported cost of $85 mil, seen here under the Verrazzano-Narrows Bridge with post-panamax containership MV ‘VMA CGM Loire’ inbound. Image credit: Karatzas Images

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Images of Con-Ro Vessel MV ‘Atlantic Compass’ in New York Harbor3,372 Lane m. Ro-Ro/Container Built 1984

Rare type of vessel today, as she’s a combination of a containership vessel and a Ro-Ro (Roll on /Roll off) vessel, thus the abbreviation Con-Ro. Built under the prevailing thinking of other times when shipowners were trying to hedge their exposure and trying to cover two different markets with the same ship, or offer horizontally-integrated shipping services to certain geographic markets. In our age of specialization, these ships draw lots of nostalgia for an aged past…This vessel and her sisterships were built in Malmö, Sweden at the Kockums M/V AB shipyard, a subsidiary of Saab, then mostly a defense contractor to the Swedish government. European-built vessels, especially vessels built i Sverige (Sweden), unfortunately are not a common sight these days…

Sistership vessel MV ‘Atlantic Concert’ from same owner was featured on this blog about a year ago, still in the New York Harbor / Verrazano-Narrows Bridge.

Swedish-built Con-Ro vessel MV ‘Atlantic Compass’ arriving to New York Harbor in August 2015. Downtown Manhattan and World Trade Center tower in the background. Image Credit: Karatzas Photographie Maritime

Swedish-built Con-Ro vessel MV ‘Atlantic Compass’ arriving to New York Harbor in August 2015. Portside bow view against a Kirby tank-barge and the Statue of Liberty. World Trade Center tower seen protruding above first row of containers on-board. Image Credit: Karatzas Photographie Maritime

Swedish-built Con-Ro vessel MV ‘Atlantic Compass’ arriving to New York Harbor in August 2015. Partial view of the superstructure and navigation bridge, and the World Trade Center tower. Image Credit: Karatzas Photographie Maritime

Swedish-built Con-Ro vessel MV ‘Atlantic Compass’ arriving to New York Harbor in August 2015. Partial view of the superstructure and the navigation bridge. Image Credit: Karatzas Photographie Maritime

Swedish-built Con-Ro vessel MV ‘Atlantic Compass’ arriving to New York Harbor in August 2015. Portside view aft and the Downtown Manhattan and World Trade Center tower in the background. Image Credit: Karatzas Photographie Maritime

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Rare Con-Ro Vessel (combination of containership and Ro-Ro with quarter ramp) MV ‘Atlantic Concert’ arriving to New York Harbor. The vessel proudly flies the Swedish flag and homeported in Gothenburg. karatzas.com

Rare Con-Ro Vessel (combination of containership and Ro-Ro with quarter ramp) MV ‘Atlantic Concert’ arriving to New York Harbor. The vessel proudly flies the Swedish flag and homeported in Gothenburg. karatzas.com

Rare Con-Ro Vessel (combination of containership and Ro-Ro with quarter ramp) MV ‘Atlantic Concert’ arriving to New York Harbor. The vessel proudly flies the Swedish flag and homeported in Gothenburg. karatzas.com

Rare Con-Ro Vessel (combination of containership and Ro-Ro with quarter ramp) MV ‘Atlantic Concert’ arriving to New York Harbor. The vessel proudly flies the Swedish flag and homeported in Gothenburg. karatzas.com

Rare Con-Ro Vessel (combination of containership and Ro-Ro with quarter ramp) MV ‘Atlantic Concert’ arriving to New York Harbor. The vessel proudly flies the Swedish flag and homeported in Gothenburg. Passing under the Verrazano-Narrows Bridge. karatzas.com

Rare Con-Ro Vessel (combination of containership and Ro-Ro with quarter ramp) MV ‘Atlantic Concert’ arriving to New York Harbor. The vessel proudly flies the Swedish flag and homeported in Gothenburg. Passing under the Verrazano-Narrows Bridge. karatzas.com

Rare Con-Ro Vessel (combination of containership and Ro-Ro with quarter ramp) MV ‘Atlantic Concert’ arriving to New York Harbor. The vessel proudly flies the Swedish flag and homeported in Gothenburg. Manhattan skyline in the background. karatzas.com

Rare Con-Ro Vessel (combination of containership and Ro-Ro with quarter ramp) MV ‘Atlantic Concert’ arriving to New York Harbor. The vessel proudly flies the Swedish flag and homeported in Gothenburg. Passing the Statue of Liberty. karatzas.com

Rare Con-Ro Vessel (combination of containership and Ro-Ro with quarter ramp) MV ‘Atlantic Concert’ arriving to New York Harbor. The vessel proudly flies the Swedish flag and homeported in Gothenburg. karatzas.com

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